Holly came from Miami, F-L-A.
Holly Woodlawn, née Haroldo Danhakl, was born on October 26, 1946, in Juana Díaz, a town about seventy miles from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Puerto Rican mother and a U.S. soldier who deserted the family soon after Haroldo was born. Reports differ as to what happened next. Suffice it to say that Haroldo's mother and stepfather, Joseph Ajzenberg, eventually settled in Miami Beach, which is where Haroldo lived until leaving for New York City as a teenager.
Film director Paul Morrissey had read a 1969 interview with Holly, in which she stated, not entirely truthfully, that she was a Warhol superstar. At that time, she was appearing in Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis' play Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit at the Playhouse of the Ridiculous. (The Village Voice called it a "melodious freakfest.") Morrissey—who characterized Holly as polite, likable, shy, and unassuming—cast her in Warhol's Trash (1970) along with Joe Dallesandro.
She appeared in about two dozen films, including Warhol's 1971 Women in Revolt, in which the Women's Liberation Movement is parodied. She starred in the 1972 musical spoof of Hollywood musicals, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers, in which she played the dual roles of Eve Harrington and Rhett Butler. According to Gary Comenas of warholstars.org: "Bette Midler sang a lullaby on the soundtrack and Holly performed an elaborate musical number, 'I'm Lost in My Dreams of Heaven,' flanked by chorus boys in white. Lily Tomlin did a cameo voiceover as Ernestine in a scene filmed in the apartment of Jane Wagner, Lily Tomlin's partner." At the premiere, as Bob Colacello recalled in Holy Terror (1990), Holly arrived in a limo with live white doves attached to her wrists. "How Holly," Warhol superstar Candy Darling was quoted as saying. Holly ended her screen career in the role of Vivian in two episodes of the Amazon series Transparent. She was one of several of the Warhol crowd to be cast in that TV series.


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Imaginary Friends Common Among Older Children
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Nearly two-thirds of children have had an imaginary friend (search) by the time they reach age 7, and new research suggests that children don't tend to give up these imaginary playmates as soon as previously thought.
Although researchers have long suspected that preschool children give up their imaginary friends once they start school, their study showed that school-age children play with imaginary friends just as much as preschoolers.
They found 31 percent of school-age children said they were playing with an imaginary friend compared with 28 percent of preschoolers.
"Imaginary companions have had a bad rap from psychologists for a long time, and there was the perception that parents were getting the message that having an imaginary companion wasn't healthy," says researcher Stephanie Carlson, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington, in a news release. "But this study shows that nearly two-thirds of children have them, and the striking fact is that children of all personality styles have imaginary companions."
Researchers say playing with an imaginary friend is a form of fantasy and plays a role in child development, helping children learn to think and deal with emotions. This kind of activity allows them to manage social situations, such as conflict, in a safe context with something that may or may not talk back to them. It also teaches them about abstract symbols and thought.
Imaginary Friends Common
In the study, which appears in the November issue of Developmental Psychology, researchers interviewed 152 preschoolers, ages 3 and 4, and their parents several years ago. Each child and their parents were interviewed separately about imaginary friends.
Three years later, as the children entered school, 100 of these children and their parents were interviewed and assessed again. By the time they reached age 7, 65 percent of the children said they had an imaginary friend at some point in their lives.
The children were considered to have imaginary friends if the child said they had one and could provide a description of it. Descriptions of imaginary friends ranged from invisible boys and girls to a squirrel, a panther, and a 7 inch-tall elephant.
Researchers found most imaginary friends played with by older children were invisible, but about half of younger children play with imaginary friends that were based on props, such as special toys.
Other findings include:
Preschool girls were more likely to have imaginary friends, but by age 7 boys were just as likely to have one. Twenty-seven percent of the children described an imaginary friend that their parents didn't know about. Not all imaginary friends were friendly. Some were described as quite uncontrollable and a nuisance.
By Jennifer Warner, reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
SOURCES: Taylor, M. Developmental Psychology, November 2004; vol 40: pp 1173–1187. News release, University of Washington.

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A Hamiltonian cycle is a traversal of a graph that visits all vertices just once and then returns to the starting vertex. SageMath can find one for you with G.traveling_salesman_problem. A Hamiltonian path drops the requirement that the path form a cycle. Does SageMath offer a convenient way to list all Hamiltonian paths of a graph?
"Returns a Hamiltonian cycle/circuit of the current graph/digraph A graph (resp. digraph) is said to be Hamiltonian if it contains as a subgraph a cycle (resp. a circuit) going through all the >vertices. Computing a Hamiltonian cycle/circuit being NP-Complete, this algorithm could run for some time depending on the instance.
See Graph.traveling_salesman_problem for 'tsp' algorithm and find_hamiltonian from sage.graphs.generic_graph_pyx for >>'backtrack' algorithm.
algorithm - one of 'tsp' or 'backtrack'. OUTPUT: If using the 'tsp' algorithm, returns a Hamiltonian cycle/circuit if it exists; otherwise, raises a EmptySetError exception. If >>using the 'backtrack' algorithm, returns a pair (B,P). If B is True then P is a Hamiltonian cycle and if B is False, P is a >>longest path found by the algorithm. Observe that if B is False, the graph may still be Hamiltonian. The 'backtrack' >>algorithm is only implemented for undirected graphs."
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Here is a convenient (however non efficient) way of doing it.


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Q: How can I specify "any character" including double quotes, gt, lt, equal In php I have next text:
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I would like to perform a preg_replace() to keep only certain values of the upper text, for example year (2010) and hour(00).
I perform a lookup for /year=\"/ and for /hour=\"/, however I dont know how to remove the other text which I dont want since the expresion [.+\s+]* does not match characters like " or <
What I have is
$regex = "/[.+\s+]*year=\"(\d+)\"[.+\s+]*hour=\"(\d+)\"[.+\s+]*$/";
$regrep = "$1 $2";
echo preg_replace($regex, $regrep, $text);

Any hint?
Thanks

A: You can use preg_match_all to match the text you want and replace the input string with the matched part:
preg_match_all('/((?:year|hour)\s*=\s*"\d+")/m',$text,$m);
$text = implode("\n",$m[1]);

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A: .+\s+ inside [] represent themselves, they have no special meaning. Thats why they don't match to " <.
codaddict's answer has also one good property: order of hour year attributes in source text isn't meaningful.

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Greek American World War II Refugee Leaves $600 Million Fortune to Charity
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John L. Santikos was a young boy who fled to the United States immediately after the Nazi occupation of Greece and at the heels of the Greek Civil War. One year after his death, officials at the San Antonio Area Foundation have announced that the Greek immigrant has left an estimated gift of $605 million to charity.
Santikos, who built a movie theater and real estate empire in San Antonio, Texas, died in December 2014. Although memorial gifts were made to some charities immediately after his death, the full extent of his gift was made public at a press conference at the San Antonio Area Foundation on December 15, 2015– almost a year after his passing. The SAAF will manage the gift and donations based on Mr. Santikos' wishes.
Included in Santikos' will a year ago were immediate gifts to charities working in his native Greece, including a $500,000 gift to International Orthodox Christian Charities, which is using the money to offer food assistance to vulnerable families in Greece,
"This valuation represents the largest gift in the 51-year history of the Area Foundation and is the largest single gift on record in San Antonio. Santikos gifted the bulk of his estate, including his theater and real estate businesses and raw land assets to the Area Foundation after careful research on the best method for establishing a legacy fund that could make significant annual donations beyond his lifetime. The donation will fulfill Santikos' desire to support a wide range of charitable programs in the local area. It will more than triple the community Foundation's asset size," according to a statement by the San Antonio Area Foundation.
Although born and raised in Greece, Santikos' story actually began in America with his father Louis, who first emigrated to the United States in 1911 from Greece. First settling in Waco, where he first worked in a grocery store, he noticed long lines of people who lined up every day to get into the Rex Theatre, a nickelodeon across the street. Sensing the opportunity, he saved his money and was able to buy the theater, beginning what would be a century-plus of involvement in movie theaters.
In 1918 Louis relocated to San Antonio where he began operating the Rialto Theatre, and eventually opening the Palace Theatre on Alamo Plaza – San Antonio's first "movie palace" and the forerunner of the Majestic, Aztec and Texas theaters— the biggest and grandest theaters in the region.
Louis returned to Greece in 1925 where he met and married Toula Gatos and brought her back to San Antonio. In 1927, He sold most of his business interests in San Antonio and moved back to Athens, Greece where he became a successful film distributor and where John was born.
During the Nazi occupation of Greece, German Nazi officers took over the Santikos home in Athens, living upstairs while the family lived downstairs – a time of great tension and fear for the family. When the German occupation ended in 1944, the civil war broke out between Communists and British/American-supported forces. At one point, Louis Santikos and eldest son John fled the house just hours before Communist guerrillas arrived looking for them. The civil war lasted until 1949.
Fearing for his children's safety, Louis sent John and then his sister Kiki and brother Dean back to San Antonio in 1946. John entered St. Mary's University in
1947, taking academic courses and learning English at the same time. He earned his business degree in only two and a half years, during which time his father and mother eventually moved back to San Antonio, where he opened another theater— the Olmos Theater.
Following in his father's footsteps, John joined his father at the Olmos, taking tickets, handling concessions and managing the theatre in all aspects, learning film booking, marketing – a practical education from his father and by hands-on experience. By 1958, John's parents Louis and Toula decided to return to their native Greece, with John taking over the company in San Antonio.
John grew Santikos Theatres rapidly, purchasing and building theaters up through the Texas real estate downturn of 1987, when he sold all his theaters to Act III Theatres, owned by TV impresario Norman Lear. Act III later sold all of its theaters – including those in San Antonio – to Regal Cinema. When Regal filed for bankruptcy in 2001, John Santikos was able to buy back all the San Antonio theaters he had originally sold to Act III.
Over the years, Santikos Theatres continually brought cutting edge cinema technology to San Antonio and Houston. From the first drive-in theaters and multiplex indoor theaters, to premium large screen formats with 4k digital projection, THX and Dolby Atmos sound systems, Santikos Theatres led the way in innovation. The innovation continues as Santikos Theatres was among the first cinemas in the country to install laser projection technology in early 2015.
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The culture of the Soviet Union passed through several stages during the country's 69-year existence. It was contributed to by people of various nationalities from every one of fifteen union republics, although the majority of the influence was made by the Russians. The Soviet state supported cultural institutions, but also carried out strict censorship.

History

Lenin era
The main feature of communist attitudes towards the arts and artists in the years 1918–1929 was relative freedom, with significant experimentation in several different styles in an effort to find a distinctive Soviet style of art. In many respects, the NEP period was a time of relative freedom and experimentation for the social and cultural life of the Soviet Union. The government tolerated a variety of trends in these fields, provided they were not overtly hostile to the regime. In art and literature, numerous schools, some traditional and others radically experimental, proliferated. Communist writers Maxim Gorky and Vladimir Mayakovsky were active during this time, but other authors, many of whose works were later repressed, published work lacking socialist political content. Film, as a means of influencing a largely illiterate society, received encouragement from the state; much of cinematographer Sergei Eisenstein's best work dates from this period.

Education, under Commissar Anatoly Lunacharsky, entered a phase of experimentation based on progressive theories of learning. At the same time, the state expanded the primary and secondary school system, and introduced night schools for working adults. The quality of higher education was affected by admissions policy that preferred entrants from the proletarian class over those from bourgeois backgrounds, regardless of the applicants' qualifications.

Under NEP, the state eased its active persecution of religion begun during war communism but continued to agitate on behalf of atheism. The party supported the Living Church reform movement within the Russian Orthodox Church in hopes that it would undermine faith in the church, but the movement died out in the late-1920s.

In family life, attitudes generally became more permissive. The state legalized abortion, and it made divorce progressively easier to obtain, whilst public cafeterias proliferated at the expense of private family kitchens.

Stalin era

Arts during the rule of Joseph Stalin were characterized by the rise and domination of the government-imposed style of socialist realism, with all other trends being severely repressed, with rare exceptions. Many notable works of Mikhail Bulgakov were not repressed, although the full text of his novel The Master and Margarita was published only in 1966. Many writers were imprisoned and killed, or died of starvation, examples being Daniil Kharms, Osip Mandelstam, Isaac Babel and Boris Pilnyak. Andrei Platonov worked as a caretaker and was not allowed to publish. The work of Anna Akhmatova was also condemned by the regime, although she notably refused the opportunity to escape to the West. During the time when the Party was trying to make Soviet regime more palatable to Ukrainians, a great deal of national self-determination and cultural development was tolerated.  After this short period of the renaissance of Ukrainian literature ended more than 250 Ukrainian writers died during the Great Purge, for example Valerian Pidmohylny (1901–1937), in the so-called Executed Renaissance. Texts of imprisoned authors were confiscated by the NKVD and some of them were published later. Books were removed from libraries and destroyed.

In addition to literature, musical expression was also repressed during the Stalin era, and at times the music of many Soviet composers was banned altogether. Dmitri Shostakovich experienced a particularly long and complex relationship with Stalin, during which his music was denounced and prohibited twice, in 1936 and 1948 (see Zhdanov Doctrine). Sergei Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian had similar cases. Although Igor Stravinsky did not live in the Soviet Union, his music was officially considered formalist and anti-Soviet.

Late Soviet Union

In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the Brezhnev era, a distinctive period of Soviet culture developed characterized by conformist public life and intense focus on personal life. In the late Soviet Union, Soviet popular culture was characterized by fascination with American popular culture as exemplified by the blue jeans craze.

In arts, the liberalization of all aspects of life starting from the Khrushchev Thaw created a possibility for the evolution of various forms of non-formal, underground and dissident art; still repressed, but no longer under the immediate threat of Gulag labor camps. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote the critical One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and subsequently exiled from the Soviet Union.

Greater experimentation in art forms became permissible in the 1970s, with the result that more sophisticated and subtly critical work began to be produced. The regime loosened the strictures of socialist realism; thus, for instance, many protagonists of the novels of author Yury Trifonov concerned themselves with problems of daily life rather than with building socialism. In music, although the state continued to frown on such Western phenomena as jazz and rock, it began to permit Western musical ensembles specializing in these genres to make limited appearances. But the native balladeer Vladimir Vysotsky, widely popular in the Soviet Union, was denied official recognition because of his iconoclastic lyrics.

See also

 Cinema of the Soviet Union
 Culture of Belarus
 Culture of Russia
 Culture of Ukraine
 Family in the Soviet Union
 Fashion in the Soviet Union
 Index of Soviet Union-related articles
 List of Russian-language novelists
 List of Russian-language playwrights
 List of Russian-language poets
 Music of the Soviet Union
 Religion in the Soviet Union
 Soviet cuisine
 Soviet people

References

Further reading

External links
 Russian Film Hub, Russian and Soviet film database

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Home > Browse the Constitution Annotated > First Amendment > Amdt1.1.4.2.2 Laws That Require Government Involvement in Resolving Religious Disputes
Amdt1.1.4.2.3 Laws that Facially Discriminate Against Religious Practices
One value that both religion clauses serve is to enforce governmental neutrality in deciding controversies arising out of religious disputes. Schisms sometimes develop within churches or between a local church and the general church, resulting in secession or expulsion of one faction or of the local church. A dispute over which body is to control the property of the church will then often be taken into the courts. It is now established that both religion clauses prevent governmental inquiry into religious doctrine in settling such disputes, and instead require courts simply to look to the decision-making body or process in the church and to give effect to whatever decision is officially and properly made.
The first such case was Watson v. Jones,1Footnote
80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1872). which was decided on common-law grounds in a diversity action without explicit reliance on the First Amendment. A constitutionalization of the rule was made in Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral,2Footnote
344 U.S. 94 (1952). Kedroff was grounded on the Free Exercise Clause. Id. at 116. But the subsequent cases used a collective First Amendment designation. in which the Court held unconstitutional a state statute that recognized the autonomy and authority of those North American branches of the Russian Orthodox Church that had declared their independence from the general church. Recognizing that Watson v. Jones had been decided on nonconstitutional grounds, the Court thought nonetheless that the opinion radiates . . . a spirit of freedom for religious organizations, and independence from secular control or manipulation—in short, power to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of church government as well as those of faith and doctrine. 3Footnote
344 U.S. at 116. On remand, the state court adopted the same ruling on the merits but relied on a common-law rule rather than the statute. This too was struck down. Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 363 U.S. 190 (1960). The power of civil courts to resolve church property disputes was severely circumscribed, the Court held, because to permit resolution of doctrinal disputes in court was to jeopardize First Amendment values. What a court must do, it held, is to look at the church rules: if the church is a hierarchical one that reposes determination of ecclesiastical issues in a certain body, the resolution by that body is determinative, whereas if the church is a congregational one that prescribes action by a majority vote, that determination will prevail.4Footnote
Presbyterian Church v. Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, 393 U.S. 440, 447, 450–51 (1969); Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, 396 U.S. 367 (1970). For a similar rule of neutrality in another context, see United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944) (denying defendant charged with mail fraud through dissemination of purported religious literature the right to present to the jury evidence of the truthfulness of the religious views he urged). On the other hand, a court confronted with a church property dispute could apply neutral principles of law, developed for use in all property disputes, when to do so would not require resolution of doctrinal issues.5Footnote
Presbyterian Church v. Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, 393 U.S. 440, 449 (1969); Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God of Sharpsburg, 396 U.S. 367, 368 (1970). See also id. at 368–70 (Justice Brennan concurring). In a 1976 case, the Court elaborated on the limits of proper inquiry, holding that an argument over a matter of internal church government—the power to reorganize the dioceses of a hierarchical church in this country—was at the core of ecclesiastical affairs and a court could not interpret the church constitution to make an independent determination of the power but must defer to the interpretation of the church body authorized to decide.6Footnote
The Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese v. Dionisije Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 697, 720–25 (1976). In Gonzalez v. Archbishop, 280 U.S. 1 (1929), the Court had permitted limited inquiry into the legality of the actions taken under church rules. In Serbian Eastern the Court disapproved of this inquiry with respect to concepts of arbitrariness, although it reserved decision on the fraud and collusion exceptions. 426 U.S. at 708–20.
In Jones v. Wolf,7Footnote
443 U.S. 595 (1979). In the majority were Justices Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Rehnquist, and Stevens. Dissenting were Justices Powell, Stewart, White, and Chief Justice Burger. the Supreme Court expanded on this neutral principles approach. A schism had developed in a local church that was a member of a hierarchical church, and the majority voted to withdraw from the general church. The proper authority of the general church determined that the minority constituted the true congregation of the local church and awarded them authority over it. But rather than requiring deference to the decision of the church body, the Court approved the approach of the state court in applying neutral principles by examining the deeds to the church property, state statutes, and provisions of the general church's constitution concerning ownership and control of church property in order to determine that no language of trust in favor of the general church was contained in any of them and that the property thus belonged to the local congregational majority.8Footnote
443 U.S. at 602–06. Further, the Court held, the First Amendment did not prevent the state court from applying a presumption of majority rule to award control to the majority of the local congregation, provided that it permitted defeasance of the presumption upon a showing that the identity of the local church is to be determined by some other means as expressed perhaps in the general church charter.9Footnote
443 U.S. at 606–10. Because it was unclear whether the state court had applied such a rule and applied it properly, the Court remanded. The dissent argued that to permit a court narrowly to view only the church documents relating to property ownership permitted it to ignore the fact that the dispute was over ecclesiastical matters and that the general church had decided which faction of the congregation was the local church.10Footnote
Stemming from these general principles of religious autonomy 11Footnote
See, e.g., Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Feliciano, 140 S. Ct. 696, 699 (2020) (per curiam). or ecclesiastical abstention 12Footnote
See, e.g., Puri v. Khalsa, 844 F.3d 1152, 1162 (9th Cir. 2017); Winkler v. Marist Fathers of Detroit, Inc., 901 N.W.2d 566, 573 (Mich. 2017); St. Joseph Catholic Orphan Soc'y v. Edwards, 449 S.W.3d 727, 738 (Ky. 2014). is the ministerial exception doctrine.13Footnote
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church& Sch. v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171, 188 (2012). In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church& School v. EEOC, the Supreme Court extended prior cases prohibiting judicial involvement in matters of church governance to limit the scope of certain employment discrimination laws.14Footnote
Id. at 185; see also, e.g., Serbian E. Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 710 (1976) ( This principle [limiting the role of civil courts in resolving religious controversies] applies with equal force to church disputes over church polity and church administration. ) A teacher at a Lutheran school claimed that she had been fired in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.15Footnote
Hosanna-Tabor, 565 U.S. at 179. The school sought to dismiss her claim, arguing that the suit was barred under the ministerial exception, a doctrine recognized by the lower courts precluding the application of federal antidiscrimination law to certain employment disputes.16Footnote
Id. at 180. The Court agreed, recognizing the existence of the ministerial exception and ruling that [r]equiring a church to accept or retain an unwanted minister, or punishing a church for failing to do so impermissibly interferes with the internal governance of the church, violating both the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses.17Footnote
Id. at 188–89 ( By imposing an unwanted minister, the state infringes the Free Exercise Clause, which protects a religious group's right to shape its own faith and mission through its appointments. According the state the power to determine which individuals will minister to the faithful also violates the Establishment Clause, which prohibits government involvement in such ecclesiastical decisions. ).
The Court further held that this ministerial exception applied to the teacher's claim in Hosanna-Tabor even though she was not the head of a religious congregation. 18Footnote
Id. at 190. The Court identified four factors leading to the conclusion that the teacher qualified as a minister. 19Footnote
Id. First, the Court observed that the church labeled her as a minister, with a role distinct from that of most of its members. 20Footnote
Id. at 191. Second, the Court stressed that the church gave her this title only after significant . . . religious training and a formal process of commissioning. 21Footnote
Id. Third, the teacher held herself out as a minister of the church, in part by claiming a federal tax exemption available only to ministers.22Footnote
Id. at 191–92. And fourth, the Court said that her job duties, including her responsibilities in leading religious activities, reflected a role in conveying the [c]hurch's message and carrying out its mission. 23Footnote
Id. at 192. The Court declined, however, to say whether any of these factors, standing alone, could be sufficient to qualify a teacher as a minister.24Footnote
See id.
In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, the Court suggested that the last factor from Hosanna-Tabor—the individual's job functions—was the most important for determining whether a particular employee falls within the ministerial exception.25Footnote
Our Lady of Guadalupe Sch. v. Morrissey-Berru, 140 S. Ct. 2049, 2059 (2020). However, the Court emphasized that a variety of factors may be important in any given case. Id. at 2063. Our Lady of Guadalupe consolidated two cases involving employment discrimination claims brought by teachers fired by religious schools.26Footnote
Id. at 2055–56. The Court ruled that the two teachers fell within the doctrine27Footnote
The majority opinion seemed to move away from using the term ministerial exception, referring instead to the Hosanna-Tabor exception, id. at 2062, or the exemption we recognized in Hosanna-Tabor, id. at 2066. This nomenclature choice could be related to the substance of the decision: elsewhere, the Court emphasized that not all religions use the title of minister, cautioning against attaching too much significance to titles. Id. at 2064. even though, relative to the teacher in Hosanna-Tabor, they did not have the title of minister, had less religious training, and were not practicing members of their employer's religion.28Footnote
Id. at 2056, 2068. Instead, the Court said that [w]hat matters, at bottom, is what an employee does. 29Footnote
Id. at 2064. Specifically, the Court recognized that educating young people in their faith, inculcating its teachings, and training them to live their faith are responsibilities that lie at the very core of the mission of a private religious school. 30Footnote
Id. The Court further understood that the two teachers in the combined cases performed vital religious duties, emphasizing that they provided religious instruction, prayed with their students, and were expected to guide their students, by word and deed, toward the goal of living their lives in accordance with the faith. 31Footnote
Id. at 2066. Consequently, judicial intervention in either dispute would, in the Court's view, threaten[] the school's independence in a way that the First Amendment does not allow. 32Footnote
Id. at 2069.
Jump to essay-180 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1872).
Jump to essay-2344 U.S. 94 (1952). Kedroff was grounded on the Free Exercise Clause. Id. at 116. But the subsequent cases used a collective First Amendment designation.
Jump to essay-3344 U.S. at 116. On remand, the state court adopted the same ruling on the merits but relied on a common-law rule rather than the statute. This too was struck down. Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 363 U.S. 190 (1960).
Jump to essay-4Presbyterian Church v. Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, 393 U.S. 440, 447, 450–51 (1969); Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, 396 U.S. 367 (1970). For a similar rule of neutrality in another context, see United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944) (denying defendant charged with mail fraud through dissemination of purported religious literature the right to present to the jury evidence of the truthfulness of the religious views he urged).
Jump to essay-5Presbyterian Church v. Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, 393 U.S. 440, 449 (1969); Maryland and Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God of Sharpsburg, 396 U.S. 367, 368 (1970). See also id. at 368–70 (Justice Brennan concurring).
Jump to essay-6The Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese v. Dionisije Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 697, 720–25 (1976). In Gonzalez v. Archbishop, 280 U.S. 1 (1929), the Court had permitted limited inquiry into the legality of the actions taken under church rules. In Serbian Eastern the Court disapproved of this inquiry with respect to concepts of arbitrariness, although it reserved decision on the fraud and collusion exceptions. 426 U.S. at 708–20.
Jump to essay-7443 U.S. 595 (1979). In the majority were Justices Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Rehnquist, and Stevens. Dissenting were Justices Powell, Stewart, White, and Chief Justice Burger.
Jump to essay-8443 U.S. at 602–06.
Jump to essay-9443 U.S. at 606–10. Because it was unclear whether the state court had applied such a rule and applied it properly, the Court remanded.
Jump to essay-10443 U.S. at 610.
Jump to essay-11See, e.g., Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Feliciano, 140 S. Ct. 696, 699 (2020) (per curiam).
Jump to essay-12See, e.g., Puri v. Khalsa, 844 F.3d 1152, 1162 (9th Cir. 2017); Winkler v. Marist Fathers of Detroit, Inc., 901 N.W.2d 566, 573 (Mich. 2017); St. Joseph Catholic Orphan Soc'y v. Edwards, 449 S.W.3d 727, 738 (Ky. 2014).
Jump to essay-13Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church& Sch. v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171, 188 (2012).
Jump to essay-14Id. at 185; see also, e.g., Serbian E. Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 710 (1976) ( This principle [limiting the role of civil courts in resolving religious controversies] applies with equal force to church disputes over church polity and church administration. )
Jump to essay-15Hosanna-Tabor, 565 U.S. at 179.
Jump to essay-16Id. at 180.
Jump to essay-17Id. at 188–89 ( By imposing an unwanted minister, the state infringes the Free Exercise Clause, which protects a religious group's right to shape its own faith and mission through its appointments. According the state the power to determine which individuals will minister to the faithful also violates the Establishment Clause, which prohibits government involvement in such ecclesiastical decisions. ).
Jump to essay-19Id.
Jump to essay-22Id. at 191–92.
Jump to essay-24See id.
Jump to essay-25Our Lady of Guadalupe Sch. v. Morrissey-Berru, 140 S. Ct. 2049, 2059 (2020). However, the Court emphasized that a variety of factors may be important in any given case. Id. at 2063.
Jump to essay-26Id. at 2055–56.
Jump to essay-27The majority opinion seemed to move away from using the term ministerial exception, referring instead to the Hosanna-Tabor exception, id. at 2062, or the exemption we recognized in Hosanna-Tabor, id. at 2066. This nomenclature choice could be related to the substance of the decision: elsewhere, the Court emphasized that not all religions use the title of minister, cautioning against attaching too much significance to titles. Id. at 2064.
Jump to essay-28Id. at 2056, 2068.
Jump to essay-29Id. at 2064.


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Can You Hear Me Now?
Honing the Essential Skill of Listening
Danielle Yoder
"Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak. . . ."
James 1:19 (New English Translation)
"Can you hear me now?" The well-known refrain from the 2002 Verizon Wireless ad series in the United States was the hallmark of a new era of communication. Nearly 20 years later, wireless networks have expanded to accommodate almost every corner of the globe. Recent advancements in communication networks have provided us with a great opportunity to hear viewpoints from all over the world, at any time we choose—an unprecedented boon.
It's troubling, then, that so many of us still feel so alone, so disconnected from one another. In 2017, US surgeon general Vivek Murthy declared a loneliness epidemic in the United States. And in 2018, the United Kingdom went so far as to appoint a minister for loneliness. They developed a "loneliness strategy," not only to support meaningful relationships but, they hoped, to strengthen society itself.
Of course, it isn't only familial and friendly relationships that have been unsatisfying. It's apparent that, in spite of government attempts to address the problem, we also feel disconnected from our leaders, convinced that they really don't hear us. This has led to a notable rise in conspiracy theories, the election of populist leaders, and increasingly polarized (and polarizing) political rhetoric.
One cause for this disconnection, both in our personal relationships and in broader society, is ineffective listening. As Kate Murphy describes in her recent book You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters, listening underpins our ability to feel connected. It's a powerful tool to help us support and connect with loved ones, develop wisdom, empathize with different perspectives, and foster meaningful relationships.
"In modern life, . . . we are engaged in a dialogue of the deaf, often talking over one another at cocktail parties, work meetings, and even family dinners; groomed as we are to lead the conversation rather than follow it."
Kate Murphy, You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
Listening: Beneficial for You and Me
The act of listening deepens our connection to the other person and further supports our own sense of self and place in society. Of course, having someone to listen to us as we try to navigate life's challenges is beneficial; it helps us process our circumstances in a healthy way. In fact, a 2007 study suggests that the presence of a listening partner also helps us gain more understanding, and its effects are longer lasting. Children showed increased problem-solving accuracy after explaining their solutions to a listening mother as compared to repeating them verbally to themselves.
Having someone to listen is obviously good for the speaker, but listeners also reap a benefit. According to Murphy, listening begets listening. When we allow others to confide in us, it gives us confidence that we have someone to confide in when life turns the tables. Surely a healthy, connected community is one where everyone feels they have someone who will listen. Indeed, a common trait of the Blue Zones, regions that are home to the world's oldest populations, is the prioritizing of deep social connections; they regularly promote ways of sharing deeply personal insights, fears and emotions.
Surgeon general Murthy, when asked what he recommended to combat the loneliness epidemic, responded: "Sometimes we forget that one of the greatest gifts we can give other people is the gift of our full attention. I know we're an action-oriented society. We're used to thinking that the way to deal with a problem is to voice and enact a solution. But there's also great healing to be found in listening deeply to someone. That's something that we can do today, and it's one of the most powerful things we can do."
Listening has great potential for enhancing both our own well-being and our relationships; however, it is not an easy skill to master, and it's one we rarely spend time honing.
What Makes Listening So Difficult?
Deep listening doesn't come naturally to most of us. To begin with, the rate at which we process information is much faster than the rate at which a person can speak. This gap is called the speech-thought differential. The average English-speaking person converses at around 120–150 words per minute, which occupies only a fraction of our mental capacity. In the excess cognitive bandwidth, we allow ourselves to entertain other thoughts: what's for dinner, the running to-do list, what time is the next appointment, etc. It takes skilled practice to stifle these internal interruptions and focus on the conversation at hand.
Further, modern life is filled with external distractions to keep us from listening fully. Interruption by notifications, or checking devices while someone is speaking, can interfere with our ability to communicate, connect and open up. Even the threat of interruption impacts our ability to meaningfully engage each other. A University of Essex study reported that just having a phone present at the dinner table increased feelings of disconnection and hesitation to talk about anything meaningful.
Another factor is that average conversation takes place at 60 decibels. So with baseline sound levels at restaurants averaging 80 decibels, we have to speak quite loudly in order to overcome music, background chatter and other ambient noise—a rather difficult way to have a meaningful conversation.
Beyond just the ability to transfer information, deep listening requires understanding the context. When the conversation turns to a more difficult topic where perspectives are varied and nuanced, it's helpful to remember that we all have our own biases and perspectives.
Katherine Hampsten, associate professor of communication studies at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, likens conversation to a game of catch with a lump of clay. When we speak, we throw the clay out into the discussion, and each of those who catch it will mold it slightly with their perceptions and then toss it back. Education, race, gender, age, frame of mind, connotation of words—all potentially influence how the clay is shaped. Two people may hear the same dialogue but come away with different interpretations of what was said, based on their own experiences.
"As the lump of clay goes back and forth from one person to another, reworked, reshaped, and always changing, it's no wonder our messages sometimes turn into a mush of miscommunication."
Katherine Hampsten, "How Miscommunication Happens (and How to Avoid It)," TED-Ed (February 2016)
We also tend to find listening more difficult when someone has a different linguistic style. It's easier to give more credence to people who speak like we do. For example, when company leadership fails to heed warnings issued by lower-level employees, differing linguistic styles are sometimes cited as the reason. Underlings may soften their approach so as not to come on too strong to their superiors; yet managers may not take their less-than-direct words very seriously and thus may fail to act on the problem at hand.
Linguistic styles can also vary based on gender; for example, women are more likely to express concerns and doubts, while men tend to minimize doubts. Men are also less likely to ask questions, as they are more attuned to perceptions of ineptitude. In the same way, race, heritage, region, education or any number of factors can influence linguistic styles.
More Than Active Listening
To remedy these challenges, many promote the concept of active listening, a term coined by psychologists Carl Rogers and Richard Farson in 1957. Their theory, however, is often misunderstood to be little more than maintaining eye contact, paraphrasing, and refraining from interruption. Such a checklist is about the things one does rather than the substance of one's attitude. As Murphy explains, a skilled listener provides thoughtful, feeling responses and asks open-ended and other-directed questions that encourage the speaker to elaborate.
Part of the key to effective listening is being in a receptive state of mind. As Rogers describes it, "I hear the words, the thoughts, the feeling tones, the personal meaning, even the meaning that is below the conscious intent of the speaker." This requires putting aside distractions, both internal and external, and using the speech-thought differential to support the speaker. We might note the body language and tone, or ask ourselves, "Why is this person telling me this?" or "What do they want me to know?"
Often, despite our best intentions, we shut down the speaker by offering unsolicited advice or by attempting to resolve the issue at hand. Sometimes this takes the form of suggesting we know how the other person feels, implying we can therefore solve their problem without asking for further information. Or we may minimize the other person's perspective or try to force a positive perspective.
"We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know."
Carl R. Rogers, A Way of Being
Equally, we may ask questions that are effectively judgments: "Wouldn't it be better to . . . ?" or "Don't you think . . . ?" These types of responses don't typically produce feelings of understanding, empathy and care between the listener and the speaker. Similarly, paraphrasing, nodding or parroting will prove ineffective if they come across as purely mechanical.
The speaker is more likely to feel understood and connected if we can respond thoughtfully and are able to communicate that we understand why the speaker is sharing this story. Honest and open questions can lay a foundation for deepening relationships; however, this is only true if we are genuinely interested in the response.
Listening and Disagreeing
It's one thing to remain receptive to close friends and family members, but how do we feel around those who embrace different political views or life choices? Or those who challenge our carefully cultivated ideals or customs? Listening through disagreement can be extremely difficult, particularly if we have strong feelings and convictions about the subject matter. However, if we approach these difficult conversations as opportunities to learn more about the world or those we interact with, we may find solutions that are more inclusive and robust.
Recent studies suggest not only that few of us listen while disagreeing, but also that disagreement strongly correlates with fear. A 2016 Pew Research study found that in the United States, opposing political sides not only disagree but actually fear the opposing party, with 55 percent of Democrats being afraid of Republicans and 49 percent of Republicans being fearful of Democrats. A study from the Survey Center on American Life reported in June 2021 that 15 percent of Americans have actually ended a friendship over political differences.
Evidence supports the view that a fear-based response to ideological difference is biological. Neuroscientists at the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles found that attacks on strongly held convictions tend to inflame areas of our brain associated with emotion, such as the amygdala and the insular cortex. If our primary response to opposing views is fear, then it makes sense that political discourse has turned to such polarized rhetoric. But if each side is fearful of the other, how will they work together sufficiently to find a reasonable path forward?
"When we are in survival mode our reactivity makes it quite challenging, if not outright impossible, to be open and receptive to others."
Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight
This is one area where listening thrives. There is an inverse relationship between amygdala activity and areas of the brain engaged during careful listening. Focusing on careful listening can help us to emotionally regulate and remain in a rational, thoughtful neural pathway. Not only does this help us listen to the other party, but people who do this on a regular basis are generally found to be more cognitively complex. They're able to better store and retrieve information, produce new ideas, and make sounder judgments.
Listening to other viewpoints and allowing our convictions to be challenged can ultimately help us build more robust ideas. It also helps us recognize and cope with gray areas, incongruous ideas and nuance. This is only true, however, if we're able to carefully listen, even through emotion and accusation. According to Rogers, this is a fundamental skill: "While I still hate to readjust my thinking, still hate to give up old ways of perceiving and conceptualizing, . . . I have, to a considerable degree, come to realize that these painful reorganizations are what is known as learning."
Careful listening is driven by an attitude of curiosity and a generosity of spirit that acknowledges we might have something to learn. It does not mean that we have to agree with an opposing point of view, but it recognizes that we all share a common human experience and that others may have an interesting story about how they got to that position.
In the past few years, perhaps more than most, listening has fallen by the wayside while divisive memes, shouting over one another, and tone-deaf social media arguments have ruled the day. Increasingly we cut off relationships rather than seeking to understand or work through differences. The result has been division, disconnection, loneliness and depression.
What would the world look like if we all sought to engage each other as equals? Fundamentally, genuine listening requires placing value on the other person's story and perspective. It compels humility and care toward the speaker, and a recognition that we might learn something about the world or the other person. These principles of empathy, tenderheartedness and humility are reminiscent of New Testament and other writings about promoting peaceful communities. Individually, we may not be able to solve the loneliness epidemic or heal political strife at a global scale. However, applying these principles of care for one another in our own lives could have positive impacts on our own spheres of influence.
Murphy sums up her book: "When you engage with someone, your behavior does two things: 1) it helps or hinders your understanding, and 2) [it] strengthens or weakens the relationship. Listening is your best bet on both counts."
Références Choisies
Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer, "Are You Really Listening?" Harvard Business Review (March–April 2021).
Roge Karma, "Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on America's Loneliness Epidemic," Vox interview (May 11, 2020).
Kate Murphy, You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters (2020).
Vivek H. Murthy, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World (2020).
Vivek H. Murthy, "Protecting Your Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory" (2021).
Bethany Rittle-Johnson, Megan Saylor and Kathryn E. Swygert, "Learning From Explaining: Does It Matter If Mom Is Listening?" Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2008).
Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View (1995).
Carl R. Rogers, A Way of Being (1980).
Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight (2010).
Greg J. Stephens, Lauren J. Silbert and Uri Hasson, "Speaker-Listener Neural Coupling Underlies Successful Communication," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (August 2010).
Deborah Tannen, "The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why," Harvard Business Review (September–October 1995).
UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, "A Connected Society: A Strategy for Tackling Loneliness—Laying the Foundations for Change" (October 2018).
A. Zadbood et al, "How We Transmit Memories to Other Brains: Constructing Shared Neural Representations Via Communication," Cerebral Cortex (October 2017).
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A Statue for NBA Great Elgin Baylor
On Friday, Elgin Baylor, a game-changing superstar from the early L.A. Lakers, was honored with a statue outside Staples Center, and his memoir, written with Palisadian Alan Eisenstock, is being released.
The book, "Hang Time," was a delight to write for Eisenstock, who spent many months visiting each afternoon with Baylor, now 83, and his wife, Elaine, at their Beverly Hills home. Eisenstock often brought a bottle of wine, and they sipped and reminisced about both Baylor's glories and his traumas playing basketball and growing up in a segregated Washington, D.C.
"It was an absolute labor of love doing this book," said Eisenstock, a longtime basketball fan who has written multiple memoirs. "It was really joyful. I think they looked forward to my coming over there. I really did look forward to going over there. It didn't feel like work."
Elgin Baylor started his college career at Idaho.
The trio got along well from their first meeting. "I loved him, and I loved Elaine," Eisenstock said. "He's such a gentle soul. I just felt something deep about him."
The book they created together, which by chance coincided with the statue planning and installation, opens with an airplane trip the trio took two years ago. Strangely enough, Jerry West, Baylor's close friend and former teammate who also has a statue at Staples Center, happened to be sitting across the aisle from Baylor.
West told his friend that he was pushing for a statue to commemorate him, and Baylor, who played for 14 seasons as a Laker and led the team to multiple trips to the NBA championship finals, imagined how nice a statue would be. Baylor will be the ninth person and the fifth Laker to receive this honor. The statue inscription, which Eisenstock wrote, lists some of Baylor's achievements, including selection as the NBA's No. 1 draft pick in 1958, Rookie of the Year honors, 11-time NBA All Star, 27.4 points per game average, and his election to the NBA Hall of Fame in 1977.
Alan Eisenstock
In addition, it reads, "Elgin Baylor—the first Los Angeles Lakers superstar—was a once-in-a-lifetime player. A true innovator, influencer, dynamic scorer, and dominant rebounder. Often copied but never equaled, Elgin literally changed the sport itself from a game played methodically, on the ground, to one played spontaneously, acrobatically, above the rim. On the court and off, he rose above all obstacles in his path, including racism. He faced life the same way he played the game—powerfully, with dignity and class. Elgin Baylor was an inspiration to his contemporaries and to everyone who has ever since played the game."
The inscription also would aptly describe the book, which details Baylor's early life and development, his personal challenges, and his many failed attempts to bring the Lakers an NBA championship.
From the beginning, his mother was a constant support to him, while his father was a challenging, often angry man whom he only began to understand as an adult. Racism was rampant, and the police repeatedly took his brothers to the station even though they had committed no crimes. Officers even came into their home and forced his father to beat Baylor's sister in one of the book's most powerful and illuminating moments.
This incident "was such a difficult thing for him to experience," Eisenstock said. "It was very painful."
Most of Baylor's childhood was spent in D.C., where he learned to play basketball secretly at night in the amenity-filled whites-only park. Across the street was the blacks-only park, which was one step up from a field. Eventually, the black park got a hoop, and it became his after-school haunt.
"Basketball was his escape, and I don't know if you want to call it therapy, but it was in a way," Eisenstock said. "He was always most comfortable playing basketball."
Baylor practiced feints to get other players to commit before he did. He learned to time his jumps, so that he was going up while his defenders were coming down. But he also brought a spontaneity to the game that Eisenstock likens to jazz music.
"I don't think he did the same thing twice. He just kind of invented the game. He made the game spontaneous—when you look at old footage, players, not only are they not capable of stopping him, they also stopped what they're doing and they look at him. They gawk at him and say, 'What the heck?' It's wild."
Baylor's entrée into the NBA was not an easy one. First, the major local paper, the Washington Post, only covered games at white high schools, and the black high schools were not allowed to play against them. So there was little media attention to alert colleges to his skills.
Despite this, in 1954, Baylor earned a scholarship to the College of Idaho, and also began his first foray into integrated society. He later transferred to Seattle University, and eventually declared his intention to be drafted before graduating.
At the time, the NBA was relatively slow about integrating its teams. The first three black players were drafted in 1950, and when Baylor joined the Minneapolis Lakers in 1958, he was one of only three black players on the team. Some cities were still segregated and unwelcoming.
For example, a hotel once declined to provide rooms to the three blacks, so Baylor chose not to play in that game. His actions meant he received hate mail and threats, but it also changed the league as the NBA created a policy forbidding hotels from discriminating against players.
"There's a thread of racism that runs through his life," said Eisenstock, who also touches briefly on the documented racism of Donald Sterling, whom Baylor later worked for as the L.A. Clippers' general manager. "It kind of just continued. Elgin, he wasn't an activist, but he took strong stands in a very dignified way . . . [Before writing the book], I knew about his physical strength as a player, but I wasn't aware how strong he was as a person."
Eisenstock and Baylor will sign copies ofHang Time at Diesel Books on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. Eisenstock will also speak at the Palisades Library on May 17 at 6:30 p.m.
By April 9, 2018
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/* jshint esversion: 6 */
/* jshint node: true */
'use strict';

const forge = require('node-forge');
const rsa = forge.pki.rsa;

const core = require('../core');
const Agent = require('../agent').Agent;
const logger = require('../logger').logger;

const __masterKeyName = '__master__';

function Crypto() {
	Agent.call(this);
  this.giveTag('Crypto');
  // state members
  this.uuid = core.uuid();
  this.keysCollection = undefined;
  this.clientsCollection = undefined;
  this.authorizationsCollection = undefined;
  this.masterKey = undefined;
  this.secret = undefined;
  this.randomStrings = {};
  this.clientCache = {};
}
Crypto.prototype = new Agent();
Crypto.prototype.constructor = Crypto;

Crypto.prototype.initialize = function(driver) {
  var self = this;
  // prevent multiple initialization
  if (core.notNullNorUndefined(this.keysCollection)) {
    logger.logMethodError(this, 'initialize', 'already initialized.');
    return false;
  }
  if (core.notAnEventEmitter(driver)) {
    logger.logMethodError(this, 'initialize', 'in initialize(driver), driver has to be an instance of Driver.');
    return false;
  }
  this.secret = core.randomText(12);
  logger.logInitialized(self,'Before master key initialization, waiting for driver to be ready.');
  driver.once(driver.ready(), function() {
    self.keysCollection = driver.getCollection('keys');
    self.clientsCollection = driver.getCollection('clients');
    self.authorizationsCollection = driver.getCollection('authorizations');
    checkMasterKey(self)
    .then(
      function () {
        logger.logMethodTrace(self,'initialize','public key %s', keyPairToB64(self.masterKey.publicKey));
        self.emitReady();
      }
    ).catch(function(fault) {
      logger.logMethodFault(self,'initialize',fault);
    });
  });
  return true;
};

/*****************************************************************************\
* MASTER KEY - The realm master key.
\*****************************************************************************/

const checkMasterKey = function (self) {
  // return a promise
  return new Promise(
    function (resolve, reject) {
      logger.logMethodInfo(self,'checkMasterKey','Checking for master key...');
      self.keysCollection.find({'name': __masterKeyName}).toArray(
        function(err, keys) {
          if (err !== null) {
            logger.logMethodError(self,'checkMasterKey', 'Master key not found %s',err);
            reject(new Error('Master key not found'));
            return;
          }
          if (keys.length === 0) {
            logger.logMethodInfo(self, 'checkMasterKey', 'Master key not found...');
            logger.logMethodInfo(self, 'checkMasterKey', 'Generating master key pair...');
            self.masterKey = generateRsaKeyPair(self);
            var keyObj = keyPairToPlainObject(self.masterKey,__masterKeyName);
            self.keysCollection.insertOne(keyObj, function (err) {
              if (err === null) {
                logger.logMethodInfo(self, 'checkMasterKey', 'Master key stored.');
                resolve(self);
              } else {
                logger.logMethodError(self, 'checkMasterKey', 'Master key store operation failed!');
                reject(err);
              }
            });
          } else if (keys.length === 1) {
            logger.logMethodInfo(self,'checkMasterKey','Master key found %s',keys[0]._id);
            self.masterKey = keyPairFromPlainObject(keys[0]);
            logger.logMethodInfo(self,'checkMasterKey','Master key retrieve done %s',keys[0]._id);
            resolve(self);
          } else {
            logger.logMethodError(self,'checkMasterKey','Invalid keystore state %s', keys.length);
            reject(new Error('INVALID KEYSTORE STATE'));
          }
        }
      );
    }
  );
};

const generateRsaKeyPair = function(self) {
  var res;
  logger.logMethodInfo(self,'generateRsaKeyPair','Generating 2048 RSA Key pair...');
  res = rsa.generateKeyPair({bits: 2048, e: 0x10001});
  logger.logMethodInfo(self,'generateRsaKeyPair','Generated 2048 RSA Key pair');
  return res;
};

/*****************************************************************************\
* KEYS UTILS
\*****************************************************************************/

const keyPairToPlainObject = function(keyPair,keyName) {
  var keyObj = {};
  keyObj.documentType = 'keys';
  keyObj.name = keyName;
  keyObj.privateKey = {};
  keyObj.privateKey.n = keyPair.privateKey.n;
  keyObj.privateKey.e = keyPair.privateKey.e;
  keyObj.privateKey.d = keyPair.privateKey.d;
  keyObj.privateKey.p = keyPair.privateKey.p;
  keyObj.privateKey.q = keyPair.privateKey.q;
  keyObj.privateKey.dP = keyPair.privateKey.dP;
  keyObj.privateKey.dQ = keyPair.privateKey.dQ;
  keyObj.privateKey.qInv = keyPair.privateKey.qInv;
  keyObj.publicKey = {};
  keyObj.publicKey.n = keyPair.publicKey.n;
  keyObj.publicKey.e = keyPair.publicKey.e;
  return keyObj;
};

const keyPairFromPlainObject = function(obj) {
  var keyPair = {};
  var n = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.n);
  var e = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.e);
  var d = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.d);
  var p = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.p);
  var q = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.q);
  var dP = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.dP);
  var dQ = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.dQ);
  var qInv = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.privateKey.qInv);
  keyPair.privateKey = forge.pki.setRsaPrivateKey(n,e,d,p,q,dP,dQ, qInv);
  var n1 = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.publicKey.n);
  var e1 = getBigIntegerFromValue(obj.publicKey.e);
  keyPair.publicKey = forge.pki.setRsaPublicKey(n1,e1);
  return keyPair;
};

const keyPairToB64 = function(keyPair) {
  return forge.util.encode64(JSON.stringify(keyPair));
};

const getBigIntegerFromValue = function (value) {
    var result = new forge.jsbn.BigInteger();
    result.data = value.data;
    result.s = value.s;
    result.t = value.t;
    return result;
};

/*****************************************************************************\
* CLIENTS
\*****************************************************************************/

Crypto.prototype.verifyClientFromName = function(clientName) {
	var result;
  logger.logMethodTrace(this,'verifyClientFromName','enter');
  var self = this;
  // return a promise
  result = new Promise(
    function (resolve, reject) {
      logger.logMethodInfo(self,'verifyClientFromName', 'Searching for client [%s]', clientName);
      if (self.clientCache.hasOwnProperty(clientName)) {
        logger.logMethodTrace(self,'verifyClientFromName', 'Found client [%s] in cache', clientName);
        resolve(self.clientCache[clientName]);
        return;
      }
      self.clientsCollection.find({'name': clientName}).toArray(
        function (err, clids) {
          if (err !== null) {
            logger.logMethodError(self, 'verifyClientFromName', err);
            reject(err);
            return;
          } else if (clids.length == 1) {
            logger.logMethodInfo(self, 'verifyClientFromName', 'Found client with id [%s]', clids[0].uuid);
            self.clientCache[clientName] = clids[0];
            resolve(clids[0]);
            return;
          } else {
            logger.logMethodError(self, 'verifyClientFromName', 'No client with name [%s]!', clientName);
            reject();
            return;
          }
        }
      );
    }
  );
  return result.then(function(context){
    logger.logMethodTrace(self,'verifyClientFromName','exit');
    return context;
  });
};

exports.Crypto = Crypto;
exports.crypto = new Crypto();

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
What the World Cup can tell us about winning with AI
Most people would agree that the 2018 FIFA World Cup was a resounding success. Many firms developed AI to predict the winner. But almost all of them couldnt predict the exact winner, here's why –
Using AI to Learn What Viewers Want to See
AI come up with crazy new ideas in fashion, food, art,cocktails and dance


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Pillowtalk: Amanda and Guy
In East LA, there's a magical couple who sleep in a bed they call the Cloud. Amanda Charchian and Guy Blakeslee are true partners in love, art, travel, and all other aspects of their full and creative life. Amanda's a photographer and sculptor who weaves crystals, landscapes and women's bodies into alluring images. Guy is a musician and artist who fronts the psychedelic Entrance Band and creates equally psychedelic collage artworks. Together, they have created a loving home base where we caught up with them to talk about some of our favourite subjects: ideas, dreams, relaxing and the creativity in daily life.
You guys are both creative souls, how do your areas of creativity come together?
Guy: Certainly in obvious ways, like the fact that my last 3 records all feature Amanda's artwork on the cover! But also in the creativity of daily life- creating a home together, creating our own reality... Stimulating creativity with the things we choose to think about and talk about and experience. In this we are very fortunate to have a shared understanding of life as art.
Amanda: In addition to the album covers, we have made a few films together, either me shooting for videos for his songs, or him scoring my films. We also inspire each other in many ways. I have been lucky to have Guy write many songs about our love.
What are some things you do to relax, either individually or together?
Guy: We don't have a TV so we don't follow a traditional formula of relaxation, but we do watch movies together, meditate, go to the ocean, go for hikes in nature and read books.
Amanda: What Guy said, but also we go love going to the Korean spa or up to Big Sur.
You travel often for work, what makes you feel "at home" when you're on the road?
Guy: I've just gotten home from a long tour around the US, traveling/driving by myself, and more than ever before (I've been touring for almost 20 years!), I started on this last trip to understand something about home... That ultimately home is a state of mind and that our goal should be to feel "at home' in our own skin, wherever we find ourselves. I still have to work at that daily, but I did have some really pleasant experiences recently of being fully present in an unfamiliar landscape and feeling "at home" although our house was thousands of miles away.
Amanda: I agree with Guy. We share a need to travel a lot and have new experiences both together and separately. Listening to music, making oil pastel drawings and taking pictures help me to feel like I can be home anywhere.
Where/when/how do your best ideas come to you?
Guy: This has changed throughout my life... Most recently while washing the dishes, sweeping the floor or driving long distances.
Amanda: In states of relaxation, meditation. During acupuncture, meditation or in the sauna!
A recent dream you remember?
Guy: I had a very vivid dream a few nights ago that I turned myself in at some kind of mental institution or prison facility because I was out in the cold without a place to go, and then immediately tried to leave. I found that I was confined there against my will, so an elaborate jailbreak then had to occur... then I was hiding out in the building next door plotting to help more innocents escape.
Amanda: My friend Emma Tillman sent me a text message in a dream that said "I am an island."
Five activities you want to do in the sheets?
Guy: Reading, meditating, sleeping, drinking coffee, kissing and what Amanda says!
Amanda: Our bed is called the Cloud! We hang out in there a lot doing what couples do!
Any new projects you're working on that we should look out for?
Guy: I have a new record coming out in two weeks-- link is here
Amanda: My book Pheromone Hotbox! Buy it here
Photography // Cara Friedman
Amanda and Guy's Suku pick: Glacier Quilt set and Watermelon Wonder


Slow implementation of the Transportation Department's computerized congestion management system has hindered the program's effectiveness, a new Government Accountability Office report said.
The department's Intelligent Transportation System can save lives and time, and improve the environment, but it has not been implemented properly, according to the report released today.
The department initiated ITS in the mid-1990s as an intelligent transportation infrastructure that would reduce traffic congestion across the country. The system relies on devices that handle traffic light management, freeway ramp meters, transit management and cargo tracking.
But Transportation's goals and measures for the system 'have limitations and fall short of capturing ITS' impact on congestion,' the GAO report said.


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Political commentator Michael Steele to speak at ceremony honoring high-achieving students
The event at the Bardo Arts Center also will include remarks by Alison Morrison-Shetlar, interim chancellor, and Carol Burton, acting provost.
Asheville offerings include digital marketing, better communication
WCU's Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment is offering a one-day workshop focusing on communication and a six-part Digital Marketing and Public Relations Certificate Program.
Mountain Heritage Center music series to feature Cullowheezer
The concert and jam session will be held at MadStone Cafe and Catching Light Books, which is located on the ground floor of Noble Hall on the WCU campus.
Author, entrepreneur to speak at Free Enterprise Series event
Co-sponsored by the WCU chapter of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, the presentation is free and open to the public.
Former football Academic All-American honors mother, stepmom with gifts to athletics, the arts
Mike Wade will tell you that football is the greatest metaphor for life: to survive you have to get back up every time you get knocked down — and you will get knocked down, he insists, many, many times.
Martin Luther King Jr. celebration keynote speaker promotes inclusion through effort
Tying in with the campus learning theme "Defining America," Aminata Cairo spoke on the topic "Re-Defining Us in All of Our Richness."
Finalists for health and human sciences dean's position to visit
WCU is conducting a national search to fill the dean's position currently held by Douglas Keskula, who announced in April 2018 his intention to return to a faculty position.
Article by Metcalfe published in international journal
"Transformative Global Pediatric Nursing Education: International Mentoring Partnership," an article by Sharon Metcalfe, associate professor in WCU's School of Nursing, has been published in "Transformative Global Partnerships," a special edition of the international journal Transformative Dialogues.
Initiatives involving trees lead to university gaining Tree Campus USA status
The honor stems from a collaborative effort involving students in natural resources and conservation management, environmental science, computer information systems and graphic design.


The Watauga County Department of Social Services is located in Boone in the Watauga County Human Services Building at 132 Poplar Grove Connector. Normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The Department of Social Services is dedicated to helping those citizens in need to meet basic financial and social needs; to providing a safety net for children, the disabled, the elderly, and the poor; to maintaining the integrity of families; and to helping individuals become self–sufficient.
Policy of the Department of Social Services is set by the State and carried out by the Director and staff under the general overview of a five member DSS Advisory Board. All members are selected and approved by the Watauga County Commissioners. The Director hires and supervises a staff of income maintenance caseworkers, professional social workers, secretaries, and data entry operators. Although they are County employees, the Director and staff must be hired in accordance with State personnel procedures.
Work First Family Assistance (WFFA) is a monthly payment for needy children who have been deprived of care and support of one parent because of death, disability, continued absence of one or both parents, or in some cases because of unemployment. In general, a close relative who is providing a home for a needy child may make application for a WFFA payment. WFFA recipients are expected to be registered for or in training for employment.
Medical Assistance is available to dependent children and their families, certain other children, pregnant women and people who are aged, disabled or blind. Recipients must meet income and other criteria.
Food Stamps may be obtained by families and individuals who qualify depending on family size, income and other resources. They can legally be used only to purchase food.
Aid to the Blind is available to persons who are legally blind and in need. It offers special services and equipment for the blind.
Special Assistance to Adults is a supplementary payment for persons residing in rest homes.
Protective Services to Children is a program which investigates reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. The agency attempts to correct abusive or neglectful situations by methods ranging from counseling, day care or other services to the family to removing children from their homes through court action.
Protective Services to Disabled Adults is a program which investigates reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of disabled adults. Services cannot be provided unless the adult consents, except in cases where the adult is incapable of making that choice and a court orders services.
Adoption Services involves placing children who are cleared for adoption with qualified adoptive parents. Most children who are placed are older children, as infants are rarely available. There is a fee for some adoption services.
The Foster Home Program is responsible for licensing foster homes through the state and placing children who need foster care. The number of homes available varies from year to year.
Other services include homemaker services, purchase of day care for eligible children, interstate placement of children (foster care, adoption, or runaways), work release (investigation of family needs), services to adults (including placement in rest homes or nursing homes), maternity home services for women with problem pregnancies, issuance of work permits for minors, and certification for eye care.